Kyowies—On Flint Implements. 211 
paleolithic implements from the river gravels of England and different 
parts of the world. 
The other implements which I have found are all rudely formed. 
J have a number which are pear-shaped, somewhat of the nature of 
the hammer-stones already described, but more pointed. Implements 
of this kind have been formed out of longish nodules of flint, some- 
what cylindrical in shape, and often having a natural point, the 
amount of dressing being a minimum. The butt, where it did not 
fit the hand in the natural state, was neatly dressed, and a point was 
formed at the opposite end by striking off a few flakes. The body of 
the implement shows the natural outside coat of the nodule from 
which it was made; but any prong-like projections which came out 
from the surface have been neatly dressed off. Sometimes a natural 
point has been allowed to remain, and only projecting portions struck 
off. The largest of these are from six to seven inches long, and 
from six to eleven inches in circumference. There are others three 
and four inches long, but all are thick and plump, never flat and 
thin, as in some paleolithic implements. I believe that the majority 
of such implements would be passed by as not implements at all by the 
inexperienced observer. It is only when a series can be seen together 
that all doubts are removed from the minds of the sceptical. Fig. 1, 
Plate xtv. shows one of the smallest of these. It has one cutting 
edge and a point, and a shorter cylindrical body than the larger imple- 
ments. There are, however, other implements which are better dressed. 
Some are of the kind known as shoe-shaped, are rudely triangular in 
section, having a thick butt, and pointed at the opposite end. There are 
still other implements among the series which I have found, which have 
both ends pointed, and many of the implements found by Mr. Buick are 
of this kind. These are oval, or longish-oval, but the points are often 
much blunted from use and rolling in water. Pointed implements 
seem to have been chiefly in demand with these ancient flint-workers, 
sharp edges being seldom found in any of these pear-shaped imple- 
ments. Half pebbles and large flakes, sometimes more or less dressed, 
probably formed the cutting tools. The flakes are peculiar. We find 
them generally small at the bulb or cone of percussion, and thick and 
heavy at the opposite end. I have implements formed out of large 
flakes of this kind by removal of a few flakes near the bulb. The 
flakes found inland are generally, on the contrary, stout at the bulb, 
and taper to a nice spear-like point. 
Those implements which are dressed all over have as a rule been 
formed by a very few blows, and these have often been unskilfully 
directed, as we frequently find that a flake has dipped so deep as to 
spoil the symmetry, and consequently some of the implements have 
a crooked appearance. Fig. 2, Plate x1v., which I may say has a great 
likeness to a shoe-shaped paleeolithic implement in General Pitt-Rivers’ 
celebrated anthropological collection, is of this kind. Fig. 4, Plate xv., 
has a great likeness to some palzolithic implements; and Fig. 3, 
Plate xv., though in form somewhat like some neolithic flint objects, 
shows very rude workmanship. All the implements found at Larne 
show a coarseness of manufacture which is not seen in other 
